Cominp- Out. 



" It's not our place to do that. A bee that couldn't 

 get out of her cell would be no good here." 



At this moment, a young bee, from the cell next 

 to that which Buz had just left, came out, very 

 crumpled, and received similar attentions. 



Buz looked on with much interest, while the new 

 arrival, who was named " Hum," was groomed and 

 fed. 



"Now," said one of the nurse bees, "you two had 

 better go out on the board in front of the hive, and 

 sun yourselves. You won't work to-day, of course, 

 nor to-morrow either, unless it's very fine ; and don't 

 forget," added she, touching first one and then the 

 other with her antennjE, " that you are called ' Buz,' 

 and you ' Hum.' Now be off with you." 



" But which is the way to the board ? " asked 

 Buz. " Find out," replied the nurse who had last 

 spoken, as she ran off. "Where's your instinct?" 

 demanded the other, hurrying after her without 

 waiting for an answer. 



On being left to themselves, Buz and Hum began 

 crawling down the comb, looking about them with 

 great curiosity. The cells they had just left, were 

 at the top of one of the center combs, and on their 

 way down they did not meet with very many bees ; 

 for as the day was warm and bright, most of them 



